C164CI datasheet(14/53 Pages) INFINEON

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Semiconductor Group

1998-02

C164CI

Interrupt System

With an interrupt response time within a range from just 250 ns to 600 ns (in case of internal

program execution), the C164CI is capable of reacting very fast to the occurrence of non-

deterministic events.

The architecture of the C164CI supports several mechanisms for fast and flexible response to

service requests that can be generated from various sources internal or external to the

microcontroller. Any of these interrupt requests can be programmed to being serviced by the

Interrupt Controller or by the Peripheral Event Controller (PEC).

In contrast to a standard interrupt service where the current program execution is suspended and

a branch to the interrupt vector table is performed, just one cycle is ‘stolen’ from the current CPU

activity to perform a PEC service. A PEC service implies a single byte or word data transfer between

any two memory locations with an additional increment of either the PEC source or the destination

pointer. An individual PEC transfer counter is implicity decremented for each PEC service except

when performing in the continuous transfer mode. When this counter reaches zero, a standard

interrupt is performed to the corresponding source related vector location. PEC services are very

well suited, for example, for supporting the transmission or reception of blocks of data. The C164CI

has 8 PEC channels each of which offers such fast interrupt-driven data transfer capabilities.

A separate control register which contains an interrupt request flag, an interrupt enable flag and an

interrupt priority bitfield exists for each of the possible interrupt sources. Via its related register, each

source can be programmed to one of sixteen interrupt priority levels. Once having been accepted

by the CPU, an interrupt service can only be interrupted by a higher prioritized service request. For

the standard interrupt processing, each of the possible interrupt sources has a dedicated vector

location.

Fast external interrupt inputs are provided to service external interrupts with high precision

requirements. These fast interrupt inputs feature programmable edge detection (rising edge, falling

edge or both edges).

Software interrupts are supported by means of the ‘TRAP’ instruction in combination with an

individual trap (interrupt) number.

The following table shows all of the possible C164CI interrupt sources and the corresponding

hardware-related interrupt flags, vectors, vector locations and trap (interrupt) numbers:

Source of Interrupt or PEC

Service Request

Request

Flag

Enable

Flag

Interrupt

Vector

Location

Trap

Number

Fast External Interrupt 0

CC8IR

CC8IE

CC8INT

00’0060H

18H

Fast External Interrupt 1

CC9IR

CC9IE

CC9INT

00’0064H

19H

Fast External Interrupt 2

CC10IE

CC10INT

00’0068H

1AH

Fast External Interrupt 3

CC11IE

CC11INT

00’006CH

1BH

GPT1 Timer 2

T2IR

T2IE

T2INT

00’0088H

22H

GPT1 Timer 3

T3IR

T3IE

T3INT

00’008CH

23H

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